Prom and i was the equivalent of a freshman at the university and i came home at 2 00 oclock at night and the light was on americas and the war. Why did i touch you so much. What did that mean for you. I did not cry then. How old were you. I was 18. The late author john lucas, indepth was born 20 years ago, since 2000 over 230 nonfiction and fiction authors over time have appeared on indepth, Freedman Alice walke walker, bob woodward, george will, just to name a few. Over the next three hours our goal is to review the last 20 years of indepth but also to ask you a couple of questions, here they are, who was your favorite indepth guest, what book are you reading now and who is your favorite Nonfiction Author, that is what we will be talking about and showing the video from the past 20 years as well but here is how you can dial in on the 20th anniversary of indepth, 202 7488200 for those of you in the mountain in the Eastern Central time zone 202 7488201 if you live in the mountain and p
Church dispensation for six royal marriages. Court yearcourt years installedn Supreme Court and royal beheadings, if only for sport. He craved the occasional royal procession and gasp, the eventual royal succession. He gets his way and lets the public have something to say. If we let him all have his favorite things, the divine right of kings. Hello everyone and welcome to the Virtual Program at the Commonwealth Club of california. Im a senior partner emeritus at mckinsey and company and a member of the Commonwealth Club board of directors. Today i will be moderating the program. We would like to thank our members, donors and supporters for making this and all of our other programs available. We are grateful for your support and hope others will follow their examples to support the club, particularly during these uncertain times. Today im particularly pleased to be joined by john lithgow, an awardwinning actor and author of a new book, trumpty dumped wanted a crown. He is known for his
You here tonight on the second letter on the Supreme Court. Were very privileged tonight to have as our host, Justice Kagan. She will be introducing our distinguished speaker very shortly. Let me just tell you a few things about Justice Kagan you may or may not know already. Born in new york, raised in new york, educated at princeton, oxford, and Harvard Law School. Then came a clerk to judge abner mikvah on the d. C. Circuit judge, followed by a clerkship with Justice Thurgood marshall here on the Supreme Court. And a couple years of law practice, then in 1991, entering academia, teaching at the university of chicago law school, where she met professor barack obama. Two years later, invited back to washington tow ork to work for the Senate Judiciary committee at the request of the chairman, then senator joe biden. Two years later, judge mikvah becomes white House Counsel for president clinton. Justice kagan is asked to come to the white house, serve as associate white House Counsel. S
Orinda with more dan. Well this is literally the calm before the storm right now there is absolutely no wind at this point but theyre expecting gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour in this region and other regions throughout the bay area beginning tomorrow night that coupled with possibly triple digit heat has firefighters on alert. As the sun bear down on Contra Costa County friday winds remain calm with temperatures in the 70s. But come this weekend a recipe for disaster high temps low humidity and winds gusting to 50 Miles Per Hour. Looking at very high fire danger and as you point out. We got an awful lot of dry fuel out thats just waiting to burn it was last october when Contra Costa County experienced similar conditions. And had a fire siege, 10 major fires and 15 hours including one that jumped the carquinez bridge. Sleep with one eye open. Those who live in Contra Costa County have been through this before and are ready, we know or pc is and all of our personal documents and should be
Youre seeing red flag warnings posted there expecting to win 20 to 35 Miles Per Hour humidity dropping down to about 20 to 30 as we head into sunday morning, maybe even lower than that as we get into monday, strongest winds will occur above a 1000 feet in the north bay expected some 35 maybe some 50 mile an hour gusts, there humidity dropping down between 1025 so very dry conditions around the bay area. Heres the latest forecast on the winds weve have mainly a westerly wind over the past few days to bring us that nice clear now overnight tonight things begin to change. Front goes through and High Pressure begins to build in behind it you start to see that northerly component beginning to kick in nothing really strong just yet it will be breezy especially over the mountain tops and then as we get into late saturday night early on sunday morning that will be probably one of the peak of the gust of wind you can see those pouring in some of the red the yellow beginning to show up there som